Mechanical Computing Systems Using Only Links and Rotary Joints Revision,

RALPH C. MERKLE ROBERT A. FREITAS JR. TAD HOGG

THOMAS E. MOORE MATTHEW S. MOSES JAMES RYLEY

Mechanical Computing Systems Using Only Links and Rotary Joints Revision,

RALPH C. MERKLE ROBERT A. FREITAS JR. TAD HOGG

THOMAS E. MOORE MATTHEW S. MOSES JAMES RYLEY

Mechanical Computing Systems Using Only Links and Rotary Joints Revision,

RALPH C. MERKLE ROBERT A. FREITAS JR. TAD HOGG

THOMAS E. MOORE MATTHEW S. MOSES JAMES RYLEY

A Nonprofit Research & Development Institute for Atomically Precise ManufacturingEstablished 1991

Since 1991 IMM has been conducting and catalyzing research on Atomically Precise Manufacturing. This includes development pathways, designs of devices and investigation into technological, economic and ethical implications.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

IMM provided testimony for a Senate Hearing for the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation’s Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space, 1992. The submitted written testimony and the oral testimony include discussion of environmental applications.

IMM co-sponsored the first textbook in the field, Nanosystems, published in 1993.

IMM for many years co-funded with Foresight Institute the pioneering conference series in the molecular nanotechnology field.

IMM has briefed NATO, US Senate, National Academy of Sciences, Intelligence Community and US Military Intelligence Agencies (including Vice Chairman of Joint Chiefs) on potential molecular nanotechnology applications, especially those affecting the environment and the military.

IMM researchers, Neil Jacobstein, Ralph Merkle and Robert Freitas presented to the Office of Science and Technology Policy a 2002 white paper, “Balancing the National Nanotechnology Initiative’s R&D Portfolio.”

IMM co-sponsored the first three (3) textbooks in the emerging field of nanotechnology applied to medicine, Nanomedicine by IMM Research Fellow, Robert Freitas. The first volume of Nanomedicine received a very favorable review in The Lancet medical journal.

IMM participated in the National Academy of Sciences review on the feasibility of Molecular Nanotechnology (2002-2004) and accepted the Blue Panel Review.